Under the guidelines of the natural disaster system theory,this study aims at a methodology for the risk zoning of thunder and lightning in Henan province.Specifically,this study utilizes the AHP method and uses meteorological,geo-informational,socioeconomic,and thunder and lightning disaster data to establisha quantitative relation between the assessment indexes and the risk zoning of thunder and lightning.Considering the disaster-inducing factors,environment of breeding disasters and hazard-bearing bodies.based on the GIS platform,Distribution of the disaster-inducing factors,Vulnerability of Hazard-affected Body,frangibility of Hazard-affected Body were formed.Finally,the result of risk zoning of thunder and lightning over Henan province was achieved via superposition.The results show that ahigh risk of thunder and lighting is mainly in East and Northwest Henan,while low risk is mainly in parts of North Henan and Southwest Henan.